By Marilynn Larkin October 23, 2019 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Antibiotics are over prescribed for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and particularly for mild-to-moderate disease, a large observational study reveals. “Antibiotic treatment brings both risks and benefits for patients,” study coauthor Dr. Lara Shallcross of University College London told Reuters Health by email. “Balancing...
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Transient and long-term disruption of gut microbes after antibiotics
Antibiotic treatment can disrupt the gut microbiome at the strain level, with changes lasting as long as 6 months UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Trillions of microbes in the intestine aid human health, including digestion of breast milk, breaking down fiber and helping control the immune system. However, antibiotic treatment is known...
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Nanomesh Loaded with Antibiotics for Targeted Wound and Infection Treatment
OCTOBER 18TH, 2019 MEDGADGET EDITORSEMERGENCY MEDICINE, MATERIALS, MEDICINE, ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY, PLASTIC SURGERY, PUBLIC HEALTH, SURGERY, VASCULAR SURGERY Antibiotics are usually only needed at particular sites, where infection is likely to start. Yet, they’re delivered throughout the entire body via pills and injections. This results in poor localized effectiveness, unnecessary effects on the rest of the body, and sometimes...
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A Simple Regimen Can Prevent TB. Why Aren’t More People on It?
Two antibiotics, taken for a month, can stop a leading killer. But “when it’s for TB, people just sort of shrug.” Tuberculosis struck 10 million people worldwide in 2017, killing 1.6 million of them — a toll greater than that of H.I.V., malaria, measles and Ebola combined. TB is the leading infectious killer around the...
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Green tea could hold the key to reducing antibiotic resistance
by University of Surrey Scientists at the University of Surrey have discovered that a natural antioxidant commonly found in green tea can help eliminate antibiotic resistant bacteria. The study, published in the Journal of Medical Microbiology, found that epigallocatechin (EGCG) can restore the activity of aztreonam, an antibiotic commonly used to treat infections caused by...
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Old Drugs in Your Medicine Cabinet? Here’s What to Do with Them
Posted Today They’re haunting the back of your medicine cabinet like the Ghosts of Illnesses Past. Pain pills your doctor prescribed years ago after that operation. Antibiotics from a child’s last ear infection. Half-finished, crusty bottles of cough syrup and leftover sleeping pills. It’s bad enough these old drugs are taking up valuable storage space. But they could also be dangerous to people and...
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Pneumonia patients get too many antibiotics—especially as they leave the hospital
by University of Michigan A million times a year, pneumonia sends American adults to the hospital. And while antibiotics help save lives, a new study shows two-thirds receive more antibiotics than they probably need. It’s not the care that happens in the hospital that leads to over-treatment, the study finds. Rather, it’s the prescriptions that patients receive as they head home from the hospital. In all, 93% of the overly long antibiotic prescriptions given...
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Finger-prick blood test could help reduce antibiotic use for some patients
by University of Oxford A simple finger-prick blood test could help prevent unnecessary prescribing of antibiotics for people with the lung condition chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a new study by researchers from Cardiff University, University of Oxford and King’s College London. With funding from the National Institute for Health Research, the team demonstrated that using a CRP finger-prick blood test resulted in 20%...
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How antibiotics may render flu infections more dangerous
By Maria Cohut Fact checked by Isabel Godfrey Doctors already know that misusing antibiotics can cause antibiotic resistance, which can make it difficult to fight bacterial infections, such as pneumonia. Now, a study in mice suggests that antibiotic use could also make the lungs more vulnerable to viral infections, such as the flu. Antibiotic resistance has become a...
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What to know about antibiotics and tooth infections
By Jon Johnson Reviewed by Dena Westphalen, PharmD A tooth infection, or an abscessed tooth, generally occurs as a result of tooth decay and poor oral hygiene. However, it can also develop due to previous dental work or traumatic injury. When an infection occurs, it causes a pocket of pus to form in the mouth as a result...